Minnesota women's basketball coach Marlene Stollings' staff is complete. The latest addition is Fred Chmiel, who spent the past four seasons as an assistant at Penn State.
Chmiel will be the No. 2 assistant, responsible for scouting opponents and work with guards.
"It is such a privilege to have arguably the best defensive coordinator and scouting assistant in the game joining our program," Stollings said. "Fred's coaching accomplishments are phenomenal."
Chmiel helped the Lady Lions win three Big Ten regular-season titles in a row in his four years there and advance to three NCAA tournaments.
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• Forward Christian Ramirez of United FC was named the NASL's player of the week. He had a goal and an assist as the Loons beat the Fort Lauderdale Strikers 3-1 on Saturday in a battle for first place in Blaine.
• NBA TV will air 44 WNBA games live this season, including six Lynx games. The channel will carry Lynx away games at Seattle on June 6 and at San Antonio, Aug. 15, and home games with Indiana, June 22; Atlanta, July 22; Los Angeles, Aug. 12 and Tulsa, Aug. 16.
• St. Cloud Cathedral baseball coach Bob Karn won his 700th career game on Tuesday when the Crusaders routed Mora 15-0 in five innings. He is the third Minnesota coach to reach that milestone in his sport and Karn, in his 44th season, and did it only one day after Brainerd's Lowell Scearcy became the second.
